What is playing on the iPod? Gotta be Somebody - Nickelback
I absolutely love and adore Nickelback. A lot of my iPod selections are due to Kroeger and the gang. If you have the chance to see them live, do anything short of selling a child to go see them.
Anyhoo - I have had the opportunity to read A LOT in the past year. As part of learning my genre a little better, I have spent a considerable amount of time reading romances. One of the first bonafide novels I read as a teenager was Salem's Lot. Scared the hell out of me but started a love affair with the paranormal. My friend Tanisia found out I read it and with wide eyes, declared to me and everyone around that I absolutely had to read Interview with the Vampire. She brought it to me the next day and the day after that, I actually had a fever and was in bed for the next two days. I grabbed Anne Rice's book and settled in for a small crushie poo on Lestat.
In keeping with my love of the paranormal, 98% of what I have read in my investigative pursuits has been paranormal romance. I have five authors who could literally write a book on the value of dryer lint and I would be first in line to buy it. JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter and, last but very damned well certainly not least, Jeaniene Frost.
I wrote an earlier blog on this so bear with me while I repeat myself, but JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood collection is droolworthy. If I met up with someone that even remotely resembled Wrath or Vishous on the street, I would probably swallow my own tongue. Day-amm. Not only are the men, um, hot but the women are awesome. Beth or Bella could have my back any day. Love those two. Not crazy about Jane, don't know why but I have never been able to buy into her. Anyway, I digress.
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series has a character who goes in my top five favorites of all time. I am not a strictly romance reader. I read intellectual material as well, thank you very much (and I put that in strictly as a disclaimer for all you sucky naysayers out there). Acheron the character and Acheron the book are fantastic. Love, love, love them all, although my favorite happens to be an uptight Roman general named Valerius.
Gena Showalter has the Lords of the Underworld and the Atlantis series. Hmm.....let me write on Kresley for a moment and then I shall elaborate further.
Kresley Cole has the Immortals after Dark. You can tell a bit about a person just by their writing styles. Showalter and Cole have to be, undeniably, a couple of riots to be around. Sarcastic, smart assed, funny as hell. I would love to be on that beach in Belize that Mari was on throwing back a whiskey with these two. Not only are they going to keep you wanting more, they will make you laugh your ass off. They would fit in perfectly with me and my girls, especially if Kresley could manage to get hold of a couple of MacRieves to bring with her. Yum...
Speaking of MacRieves, the woman managed, for two books, to turn a vampire girl into a lykae fan. That speaks volumes.
Okay, now for my girl Jeaniene. I love a strong female protagonist. Establishing her badassedness can cause me to turn a page or close the book, simple as that. Allow me to introduce Catherine Crawfield, Cat to her friends, Kitten to Bones. What a heroine! She keeps me in stitches. Love her! And the men in the books? Good Lord. You have the drop dead gorgeous types (Hello Bones, Spade, Mencheres), but you have dripping sex appeal (Vlad anyone?). Vlad had me at hello. He helps Cat escape from a situation that could have been very awkward for her and on the way out, he yells "Run Forrest, Run!" I literally was wiping tears from my eyes crying with laughter after reading one of the Cat/Bones books. Jeaniene is another one of those writers I would want at the party sitting back and kicking it with the girls and discussing the different men in the room and how they compare. Platinum blond, Egyptian, British accents, pyrokinetics, you know, the usual.
Wow, I just finished my second blog for the day. Not only that, I have sent two queries. I must sign off now and pat myself on the back. Until next time!
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